isla.gif (1168 bytes) National Holidays

1st January - New Year's Day
Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday - Carnival
Monday, Thursday and Good Friday - Easter
19th April - Declaration of Independence
1st May - Labor Day
24th June - Battle of Carabobo
5th July - Independence Day
24th July - Bolívar's Birthday
12th October - Discovery of America
25th December - Christmas Day

Local Events and Festivals

January

Paradura del Niño (Mérida, 1st – 2nd)
Feria Internacional de San Sebastián (San Cristóbal, 7th – 30th) La Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
Fiesta de la Voz de Oro (Barquisimeto)
Santa Inés (Cumana, 22nd)

February

Feria del Sol (Mérida)
Danceros de la Candelaria
(Mérida)
Pre-Lenten Carnival
(Carúpano)

March

San José (Paraguachí, Margarita and Maracay, 16th - 26th)
Fiesta del Joropo
(Elorza, Apure State, 19th)

May

Velorio de la Cruz de Mayo (Caracas and Carúpano, 3rd)
San Antonio del Táchira (San Antonio del Táchira, 13th - 20th)
San Isidro (Maracaibo and Mérida, 15th)
Los Diablos Danzantes (San Francisco de Yare)

June

Fiesta de San Juan
(Curiepe, Miranda State, 23rd)
Fiestas de La Virgen (La Asunción, Margarita)

July

Batalla de Matasiete (La Asunción, Margarita, 31st)

August

Fiesta del Orinoco (Cuidad Bolívar)
Feria de las Flores (Caripe, 2nd – 12th)
Asunción de la Virgen (Carúpano 15th and La Asunción, Margarita, 14th - 15th)

September

Fiesta de La Virgen de Coromoto
(Guanare, 8th)
Fiesta de Nuestra Señora del Valle (Margarita, 8th –15th)

October

Virgen del Rosario (Maracaibo, 5th)
Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Caripe, 10th –12th)

November

Santos y Fideles Difuntos (Cumana, 2nd)
Feria de Valencia (Valencia, 15th – 22nd)
Feria de la Chinita (Maracaibo, 18th)

December

Fiesta de la Zaragoza (Barquisimeto, 28th)

 

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